Re: Funimation Canceled!

The statement, “when Verizon gets around to it”, says a lot. Do they have any concern at all about their customers? If anyone with any true authority would read these posts they’d realize how many people only have Verizon because of Funimation. How many more people do they want to trap into their contracts before removing the name? To me that’s blatant false advertisement. Funimation is a very unique channel that is specifically sought out. It is a deal-breaker when a choice is made. How many of their new customers will be permitted to back out on their new 2 year contracts once they realize Funimation’s been removed? That’s an easy question, zero. What would Verizon care they’d get their money either way. Just do the right thing, Verizon, and bring Funimaton back!!

I challenge you Verizon superiors: Read the posts, watch some anime then tell me that a different cartoon channel could replace it. Prove to your customers that you’re not just another greedy, arrogant, heartless corporation. Your own site says “We focus outward on the customer, not inward. We make it easy for customers to do business with us, by listening, anticipating and responding to their needs”. Please, please prove it to us! Bring Funimation back!

Re: Funimation Canceled!

film11, my 'question' regarding the advertisements was rhetorical and referred back to a previous post concerning the fliers. The point there was how many customers will be duped into thinking they are gaining funimation if they were to contract with Fios based on that flier. I still think that's asking for trouble; no one truly reads the disclaimers.

Re: Funimation Canceled!

im so confussed! why would you cancle the only real anime channel you have.. cartoon network and nick dont count as anime channels if you can have 20 different channels devoted to music.. i pay for the service and i think its alittle annoying that i have to settle to watch on my computer when i had it to record on my DVR -___-

Re: Funimation Canceled!

"Overall, cable operators pay only about $25 a month for all of the programming on the basic and expanded basic tiers, and they sell this to consumers for some $60-$70. Considering these numbers and the fact that operators use these video offerings to upsell even higher margin broadband and phone services, blaming programmers for cable price increases is just plain wrong."

Disney via Variety

Now, we know there are several channels out there that command VERY high prices per consumer (ESPN is rumored to be OVER $4/mo/sub). If we assume there are only 200 channels available on Verizon's expanded tier, and the cost for all the channels is $25/mo, then even if we ignore the ESPNs, that means Verizon FiOS sold you out for ......

Now of course, that number could be off since no one is going to give out exact details. However from what I could find I would venture to say that Verizon's cost for Funimation was somewhere between .08 and .13 per subscriber.

Re: Funimation Canceled!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I received a phone call today from a Verizon representative regarding a letter I sent to the CEO. She stated that the removal of Funimation was simply a business decision. I tried to explain that the importance of Funimation goes well beyond the realm of business. I told her of this forum and others like it and that they would see how much Funimation means to people if they actually took the time to look and listen. At the end of the call I finally asked if there was any chance of Funimation returning to Verizon and she said flat-out “no”. Although I did appreciate a response to my letter I can not say I appreciated the answer. I just want my Funimation channel, is that too much to ask for? Apparently it is.